Microbiology-SGM

Papers
(The median citation count of Microbiology-SGM is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Characterization of tigurilysin, a novel human CD59-specific cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, reveals a role for host specificity in augmenting toxin activity92
Combined effect of SAR-endolysin LysKpV475 with polymyxin B and Salmonella bacteriophage phSE-584
Identification of a novel gene required for competitive growth at high temperature in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus75
Validation of a random Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomic library by selection of quinolone resistance in a heterologous host69
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems39
Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa39
Microbe Profile: Nitrosopumilus maritimus36
Corrigendum: Identification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a35
The dilution effect limits plasmid horizontal transmission in multispecies bacterial communities35
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in efflux function and regulation within Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium34
Erratum: The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri34
Suppressor mutants demonstrate the metabolic plasticity of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO132
Recruitment of C4b-binding protein is not a complement evasion strategy employed by Staphylococcus aureus30
Sweet and sour synergy: exploring the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of acetic acid and vinegar combined with medical-grade honeys30
A single amino acid exchange converts FocA into a unidirectional efflux channel for formate30
Fitness costs of CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria29
Topology of the Shigella flexneri Enterobacterial Common Antigen polymerase WzyE25
The impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the pulmonary microbiota23
Lactobacilli and human dental caries: more than mechanical retention23
Identification and initial characterization of a new pair of sibling sRNAs of Neisseria gonorrhoeae involved in type IV pilus biogenesis22
The role of l-arabinose metabolism for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in edible plants22
Development of a long-read next generation sequencing workflow for improved characterization of fastidious respiratory mycoplasmas21
Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales21
Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr21
Bacterial secretion system functions: evidence of interactions and downstream implications20
Structure and ligand binding in the putative anti-microbial peptide transporter protein, YejA20
Evolution of cyclic di-GMP signalling on a short and long term time scale20
Comments on the tolerance of Clostridioides difficile spores to disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant20
Photochemical changes during rehydration of an intertidal cyanobacterial mat exposed to variations in salinity and light intensity19
Alterations in cell arrangements of group B streptococcus due to virulence factor expression can bias estimates of bacterial populations based on colony count measures19
Erratum: DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB18
Exploiting cooperative pathogen behaviour for enhanced antibiotic potency: A Trojan horse approach18
Study of excess manganese stress response highlights the central role of manganese exporter Mnx for holding manganese homeostasis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 680318
Before you go: a packing list for portable DNA sequencing of microbiomes and metagenomes17
Antimicrobial resistance in Bacillus-based biopesticide products17
The primary transcriptome of hormogonia from a filamentous cyanobacterium defined by cappable-seq17
Triclosan-resistant small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus produce less capsule, less phenol-soluble modulins, and are attenuated in a Galleria mellonella model of infection17
Preclinical testing of antimicrobials for cystic fibrosis lung infections: current needs and future priorities17
Microbe Profile: Ruminococcus gnavus: the yin and yang of human gut symbionts17
An abundance of aliC and aliD genes were identified in saliva using a novel multiplex qPCR to characterize group II non-encapsulated pneumococci with improved specificity17
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’15
Phylogenetic groups and extraintestinal virulence genes of inflow Escherichia coli entering a municipal drinking water treatment facility (St. Paul, MN, USA)15
Aspartate aminotransferase of Rhizobium leguminosarum has extended substrate specificity and metabolizes aspartate to enable N2 fixation in pea nodules15
Structural and functional characteristics of the tripartite ABC transporter15
Response to comments on the tolerance to Clostridioides difficile spores to sodium hypochlorite disinfection14
Microbial musings – Summer 202214
Cell-free supernatants produced by lactic acid bacteria reduce Salmonella population in vitro14
Microbe Profile: Salinispora tropica: natural products and the evolution of a unique marine bacterium13
Analysis of mouse faecal dysbiosis, during the development of cachexia, induced by transplantation with Lewis lung carcinoma cells13
Genome analysis and phenotypic characterization of Halomonas hibernica isolated from a traditional food process with novel quorum quenching and catalase activities13
DNA damage-induced block of sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae involves downregulation of ssgB13
Interplay between central carbon metabolism and metal homeostasis in mycobacteria and other human pathogens13
Corynebacterium phoceense, resident member of the urogenital microbiota?13
Corrigendum: Microbe Profile: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: opportunistic pathogen and lab rat13
Interbacterial competition mediated by the type VIIb secretion system12
Establishing a national reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance using a whole-genome sequencing framework: Nigeria’s experience12
Microbial Primer: The bacterial flagellum – how bacteria swim12
Streptococcus pneumoniae: ‘captain of the men of death’ and financial burden12
Deletion of fbiC in Streptomyces venezuelae removes autofluorescence in the excitation-emission range of cyan fluorescent protein12
Strain background of Candida albicans interacts with SIR2 to alter phenotypic switching12
RsaM: a unique dominant regulator of AHL quorum sensing in bacteria12
Rv0802c is an acyltransferase that succinylates and acetylates Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoid-associated protein HU12
Microbe Profile: Buchnera aphidicola: ancient aphid accomplice and endosymbiont exemplar11
Genetic and phenotypic analysis of the virulence plasmid of a non-Shigatoxigenic enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain11
Minority potassium-uptake system Trk2 has a crucial role in yeast survival of glucose-induced cell death11
The respiratory lipoquinone, menaquinone, functions as an inducer of genes regulated by the Mycobacterium smegmatis repressor MSMEG_229511
Role of Pel and Psl polysaccharides in the response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to environmental challenges: oxidative stress agents (UVA, H2O2, sodium hypochlorite) and its competitor Staphylococcus au11
Symbiont-mediated immune priming in animals through an evolutionary lens11
Assay development and inhibition of the Mt-DprE2 essential reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis11
Understanding the clinical and environmental drivers of antifungal resistance in the One Health context11
Use of Rgg quorum-sensing machinery to create an innovative recombinant protein expression system in Streptococcus thermophilus11
Erratum: Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa11
Frequency of quorum-sensing mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from different environments11
Looking through the FOG: microbiome characterization and lipolytic bacteria isolation from a fatberg site10
A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans10
New perspectives on an ancient pathogen: thoughts for World Tuberculosis Day 202210
Quantifying stochastic establishment of mutants in microbial adaptation10
Plasmodium falciparum hydroxymethylbilane synthase does not house any cosynthase activity within the haem biosynthetic pathway10
Identification of a system for hydroxamate xenosiderophore-mediated iron transport in Burkholderia cenocepacia10
Microbe Profile: Geobacter metallireducens: a model for novel physiologies of biogeochemical and technological significance9
Idification and structural characterisation of a catecholate-type siderophore produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a9
Exploring functional interplay amongst Escherichia coli efflux pumps9
Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 encodes a microcin system with antimicrobial properties for contact-independent competition9
Microbial Primer: Phase variation - survival and adaptability by generation of a diverse population9
Staph wars: the antibiotic pipeline strikes back9
Efflux-mediated tolerance to cationic biocides, a cause for concern?9
Genetic and mutational analysis of virulence traits and their modulation in an environmental toxigenic Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strain, VCE2329
Microbe Profile: Salmonella Typhimurium: the master of the art of adaptation9
A novel proteinaceous molecule produced by Lysinibacillus sp. OF-1 depends on the Ami oligopeptide transporter to kill Streptococcus pneumoniae9
Transcription factors DksA and PsrA are synergistic contributors to Legionella pneumophila virulence in Acanthamoeba castellanii protozoa9
Iron influences the expression of colonization factor CS6 of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli9
Investigation of the polyamine biosynthetic and transport capability of Streptococcus agalactiae: the non-essential PotABCD transporter9
Mutational hotspots lead to robust but suboptimal adaptive outcomes in certain environments9
Soil microbial gene expression in an agricultural ecosystem varies with time and neonicotinoid seed treatments9
Identification of a morphogene required for tapered filament termini in filamentous cyanobacteria9
4′-Deoxypyridoxine disrupts vitamin B6 homeostasis in Escherichia coli K12 through combined inhibition of cumulative B6 uptake and PLP-dependent enzyme activity8
Regulation of type VI secretion systems at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional and posttranslational level8
Characterization of microbial communities from rumen and large intestine of lactating creole goats grazing in arid plant communities8
Gene expression reprogramming of Pseudomonas alloputida in response to arginine through the transcriptional regulator ArgR8
Topological analysis of a bacterial DedA protein associated with alkaline tolerance and antimicrobial resistance8
The biogenesis of β-lactamase enzymes8
Genomic and functional insights into antibiotic resistance genes floR and strA linked with the SXT element of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O1398
Microbial Primer: What is the stringent response and how does it allow bacteria to survive stress?8
The involvement of CiaR and the CiaR-regulated serine protease HtrA in thermal adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae8
Regulation of phosphate starvation-specific responses in Escherichia coli8
Construction and characterisation of a structured, tuneable, and transparent 3D culture platform for soil bacteria8
Comment on the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite against Clostridioides difficile spores8
Population heterogeneity in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium abscessus8
Characterization of MLST-99 Salmonella Typhimurium and the monophasic variant I:4,[5],12:i:- isolated from Canadian Atlantic coast shellfish8
Characterization of an operon required for growth on cellobiose in Clostridioides difficile8
Isolation and identification of chlorate-reducing Hafnia sp. from milk8
Regulatory role of CsuR (YiaU) in determination of cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-128
Quorum-sensing, intra- and inter-species competition in the staphylococci8
Modelling host–pathogen interactions: Galleria mellonella as a platform to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to host-imposed zinc starvation8
Escherichia coli type-1 fimbriae are critical to overcome initial bottlenecks of infection upon low-dose inoculation in a porcine model of cystitis8
Biotin concentration affects anaplerotic reactions functioning in glutamic acid production in Corynebacterium glutamicum8
Mechanism of assembly of type 4 filaments: everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)8
Seasonal variation in the stomach microbiota of two sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis penguin species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands8
d-Serine induces distinct transcriptomes in diverse Escherichia coli pathotypes8
Induced expression of the zwf gene in the presence of glucose contributes to lowering of glucose 6-phosphate level and consequently reduction of growth rate of Mycobacterium smegmatis7
Membrane lipid and osmolyte readjustment in the alkaliphilic micromycete Sodiomyces tronii under cold, heat and osmotic shocks7
Predatory bacteria in the haemolymph of the cultured spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus7
T-DNA insertion mutagenesis in Penicillium brocae results in identification of an enolase gene mutant impaired in secretion of organic acids and phosphate solubilization7
100+ years of phase variation: the premier bacterial bet-hedging phenomenon7
Characterizing a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology7
Transcriptional profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mature single- and dual-species biofilms in response to meropenem7
The type-VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri7
Genetic modification of Candida maltosa, a non-pathogenic CTG species, reveals EFG1 function7
Clostridioides difficile infection: traversing host–pathogen interactions in the gut7
Microbe Profile: Euglena gracilis: photogenic, flexible and hardy7
Rapid divergence in independent aspects of the compatibility phenotype in a Spiroplasma–Drosophila interaction7
Time-lapse mesoscopy of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus dual-species biofilms reveals a structural role for the hyphae of C. albicans in biofilm formation7
Deciphering the role of residues in the loops nearing the active site of OXA-58 in imparting beta-lactamase activity6
Influence of insertion sequences on population structure of phytopathogenic bacteria in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex6
Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. pyogenes and S. agalactiae membrane phospholipid remodelling in response to human serum6
Crystal structures of WrbA, a spurious target of the salicylidene acylhydrazide inhibitors of type III secretion in Gram-negative pathogens, and verification of improved specificity of next-generation6
Cell wall deficiency – an alternate bacterial lifestyle?6
Broadening the application of Yarrowia lipolytica synthetic biology tools to explore the potential of Yarrowia clade diversity6
Microbial Primer: Lipopolysaccharide – a remarkable component of the Gram-negative bacterial surface6
Orchestrating a heist: uptake and storage of metals by apicomplexan parasites6
A systems approach to decipher a role of transcription factor RegX3 in the adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to hypoxic stress6
The role of nitrogen-responsive regulators in controlling inorganic polyphosphate synthesis in Escherichia coli6
Spatial variation in microbial communities associated with sea-ice algae in Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica6
Mycobacteriophage D29 induced association of Mycobacterial RNA polymerase with ancillary factors leads to increased transcriptional activity6
Exploration of the presence and abundance of multidrug resistance efflux genes in oil and gas environments6
Distribution of mutation rates challenges evolutionary predictability6
Microbial Musings – July 20216
Characterisation of anhydro-sialic acid transporters from mucosa-associated bacteria6
Reconstructing electron transfer components from an Fe(II) oxidizing bacterium6
Decolonizing drug-resistant E. coli with phage and probiotics: breaking the frequency-dependent dominance of residents6
Using the Galleria mellonella burn wound and infection model to identify and characterize potential wound probiotics6
An unexpected abundance of bidirectional promoters within Salmonella Typhimurium plasmids6
Inoculum-dependent bactericidal activity of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis MmpL3 inhibitor6
A new model of endotracheal tube biofilm identifies combinations of matrix-degrading enzymes and antimicrobials able to eradicate biofilms of pathogens that cause ventilator-associated pneumonia6
Killing in the name of: T6SS structure and effector diversity6
E. coli ST11 (O157:H7) does not encode a functional AcrF efflux pump5
Development of a split-luciferase assay to establish optimal protein secretion conditions for protein production by Bacillus subtilis5
Anti-persister efficacy of colistin and meropenem against uropathogenic Escherichia coli is dependent on environmental conditions5
Corrigendum: Characterizing a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology5
Diagnostic MALDI-TOF MS can differentiate between high and low toxic Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia isolates as a predictor of patient outcome5
Of zones, bridges and chaperones – phospholipid transport in bacterial outer membrane assembly and homeostasis5
Genomic characterization of prophage elements in Clostridium clostridioforme: an understudied component of the intestinal microbiome5
Cultivating antimicrobial resistance: how intensive agriculture ploughs the way for antibiotic resistance5
Mobility and growth in confined spaces are important mechanisms for the establishment of Bacillus subtilis in the rhizosphere5
Environmental and genetic influence on the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Escherichia coli5
Deletion of FRT-sites by no-SCAR recombineering in Escherichia coli5
Experimentally evolved Staphylococcus aureus shows increased survival in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by acquiring mutations in the amino acid transporter, GltT5
A comparison of faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentration and gut microbiota diversity in bonobos (Pan paniscus)5
Human serum induces daptomycin tolerance in Enterococcus faecalis and viridans group streptococci5
Role of the gut microbiota in nutrient competition and protection against intestinal pathogen colonization5
Microbial Musings – December 20215
Microbial Musings: Spring 20235
Phosphorelay changes and plasticity underlie the life history evolution of Bacillus subtilis sporulation and germination in serial batch culture5
Virulent Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis subverts macrophages during early stages of infection5
The future of yeast research5
Microbe Profile: Aeromonas salmonicida: an opportunistic pathogen with multiple personalities5
Atomistic modelling and NMR studies reveal that gallium can target the ferric PQS uptake system in P. aeruginosa biofilms5
A global perspective on bacterial diversity in the terrestrial deep subsurface5
Preserving and utilizing microbial diversity for innovation and sustainability5
Mutation of wbtJ, a N-formyltransferase involved in O-antigen synthesis, results in biofilm formation, phase variation and attenuation in Francisella tularensis5
The Bacillus virulome in endophthalmitis4
Under conditions closely mimicking vaginal fluid, Lactobacillus jensenii strain 62B produces a bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance that targets and eliminates Gardnerella species4
Significant variability exists in the cytotoxicity of global methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages4
Twists and turns: 40 years of investigating how and why bacteria swim4
Antibacterial activity of epsilon-poly-l-lysine produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia HS4 and Paenibacillus polymyxa HS5, alone and in combination with bacteriophages4
Effects of periodic bottlenecks on the dynamics of adaptive evolution in microbial populations4
Microbe Profile: Xylella fastidiosa – a devastating agricultural pathogen with an endophytic lifestyle4
Functional characterization of a gene cluster responsible for inositol catabolism associated with hospital-adapted isolates of Enterococcus faecium4
Diversity and structure of the deep-sea sponge microbiome in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean4
Bacterial protein secretion systems: Game of types4
The methylation-independent mismatch repair machinery in Pseudomonas aeruginosa4
Microbe Profile: The Lactobacillaceae4
Transcription factor expression levels and environmental signals constrain transcription factor innovation4
Key carboxylate residues for iron transit through the prokaryotic ferritin SynFtn4
Moving toward a better understanding of the model bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus4
Investigating trends in antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from clinical urine specimens in the Orkney Islands4
Wild ciliates differ in susceptibility to Legionella pneumophila JR324
The Salmonella Typhi SPI-2 injectisome enigma4
Bacterial pore-forming toxins4
Stratifying macrophages based on their infectious burden identifies novel host targets for intervention during Crohn’s disease associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli infection4
Microbe Profile: Legionella pneumophila - a copycat eukaryote4
A CRISPRi-based investigation reveals that multiple promoter elements drive gene expression from the genome of mycobacteriophage D294
Conserved and specialized functions of Type VII secretion systems in non-tuberculous mycobacteria4
Perspectives on Metals in Microbiology4
Transient internalization of Campylobacter jejuni in Amoebae enhances subsequent invasion of human cells4
Enhanced production of Shiga toxin 1 in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli by oxygen4
Biofilms as protective cocoons against biocides: from bacterial adaptation to One Health issues4
Flagellin O-linked glycans are required for the interactions between Campylobacter jejuni and Acanthamoebae castellanii3
The FocA channel functions to maintain intracellular formate homeostasis during Escherichia coli fermentation3
Staphylococcus lugdunensis does not exert competitive exclusion on human corneocytes3
The c-di-GMP effector FleQ controls alginate production by repressing transcription of algD in Azotobacter vinelandii3
Fungal endophytes from salt-adapted plants confer salt tolerance and promote growth in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at early seedling stage3
The transport of mannitol in Sinorhizobium meliloti is carried out by a broad-substrate polyol transporter SmoEFGK and is affected by the ability to transport and metabolize fructose3
Identification of gene targets that potentiate the action of rifampicin on Mycobacterium bovis BCG3
Membrane lipids from gut microbiome-associated bacteria as structural and signalling molecules3
Queuosine salvage in Bartonella henselae Houston 1: a unique evolutionary path3
Promiscuous evolution of Group A Streptococcal M and M-like proteins3
Microbial Musings – October 20213
Evolution of a cross-feeding interaction following a key innovation in a long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli3
Microbe Profile: Cellvibrio japonicus: living the sweet life via biomass break-down3
Microbial Musings – June 20213
Microbe Profile: Streptomyces venezuelae – a model species to study morphology and differentiation in filamentous bacteria3
Microbial Musings: Winter 20233
The anti-virulence activity of the non-mevalonate pathway inhibitor FR900098 towards Burkholderia cenocepacia is maintained during experimental evolution3
The A domain of clonal complex 1-type fibronectin binding protein B promotes adherence and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus3
Removal of AMR plasmids using a mobile, broad host-range CRISPR-Cas9 delivery tool3
A large chromosomal inversion affects antimicrobial sensitivity of Escherichia coli to sodium deoxycholate3
Diverse functions for acyltransferase-3 proteins in the modification of bacterial cell surfaces3
Ruminococcus bromii enables the growth of proximal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron by releasing glucose during starch degradation3
Saliva as an alternative sample type for detection of pneumococcal carriage in young children3
The identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa persisters using flow cytometry3
The PrfA regulon of Listeria monocytogenes is induced by growth in low-oxygen microaerophilic conditions3
Chemosensory pathways of Halomonas titanicae KHS3 control chemotaxis behaviour and biofilm formation3
Hydrogen production in the presence of oxygen by Escherichia coli K-123
Testing for the fitness benefits of natural transformation during community-embedded evolution3
A capsule-associated gene of Cryptococcus neoformans, CAP64, is involved in pH homeostasis3
Mapping direct and indirect MarA/SoxS/Rob/RamA regulons in Salmonella Typhimurium reveals repression of csgD and biofilm formation3
Microbial Primer: Multidrug efflux pumps3
Role of horizontally transferred copper resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes3
Virulence-associated type III secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria3
Menadione reduces the expression of virulence- and colonization-associated genes in Helicobacter pylori3
A trimodular family 16 glycoside hydrolase from the cellulosome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens displays highly specific licheninase (EC 3.2.1.73) activity3
Genomic and phenotypic characterization of staphylococci isolated from the skin of non-human primates3
Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the di-domain core of Mycobacterium tuberculosis polyketide synthase 13, essential for mycobacterial mycolic acid synthesis3
Characterization of the l-arabinofuranose-specific GafABCD ABC transporter essential for l-arabinose-dependent growth of the lignocellulose-degrading bacterium Shewanella sp. ANA-33
AadT, a new weapon in Acinetobacter’s fight against antibiotics3
Transmembrane substrates of type three secretion system injectisomes3
A rapid on-site loop-mediated isothermal amplification technology as an early warning system for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in water3
The extracellular β-glucosidase BGL2 has two variants with different molecular sizes and hydrolytic activities in the stipe or pilei of Coprinopsis cinerea3
Evaluation of developing maize microbiomes and associations among nitrogen cyclers and key fungal taxa2
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